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Cultural assimilation may involve either a quick or a gradual change depending on the circumstances of the group. Full assimilation occurs when members of a society become indistinguishable from those of the dominant group in society. [2] Whether a given group should assimilate is often disputed by both members of the group and others in society.
Organizational assimilation is a process in which new members of an organization integrate into the organizational culture. This concept, proposed by Fredric M. Jablin, [ 1 ] consists of two dynamic processes that involve the organizational attempts to socialize the new members, as well as the current organization members. [ 2 ]
Cultural assimilation, the process whereby a minority group gradually adapts to the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture and customs . Language shift, also known as language assimilation, the progressive process whereby a speech community of a language shifts to speaking another language
Cultural assimilation is the process by which a person or a group's language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group. The term is used to refer to both individuals and groups, and in the latter case it can refer to either immigrant diasporas or native residents that come to be culturally dominated by another society.
Integration was first studied by Valle and Burgess in 1921 through the concept of assimilation. They defined it as "a process of interpenetration and fusion in which persons and groups acquire the memories, sentiments, and attitude of other persons and groups and by sharing their experience and history, are incorporated with them in a common ...
[1] [2] George Washington and Henry Knox were first to propose, in the American context, the cultural assimilation of Native Americans. [3] They formulated a policy to encourage the so-called " civilizing process ". [ 2 ]
The number of possible person-to-person links (L) increases rapidly as the size of the group (N) increases (L = (N² - N) /2). In a four-member group there are six possible pairings; add a fifth member for each of the four to relate to and you have ten pairs. The number of possible two-person links in a group of twelve is 66.
The history of Western civilization, and in particular the histories of Europe and the United States, are largely defined by patterns of acculturation. One of the most notable forms of acculturation is imperialism, the most common progenitor of direct cultural change. Although these cultural changes may seem simple, the combined results are ...